RUSKIN ON EDUCATION SOME NEEDED BUT NEGLECTED ELEMENTS RESTATED AND REVIEWED BY WILLIAM JOLLY " OF THE LONDON GEORGE ALLEN, 156, CHARING CROSS ROAD 1907 [All rights reserved] PREFACE ONE of the most reassuring signs of the times, in this over-pushing but progressive age, is the great and growing interest manifested by all classes in the Education of the young. Remarkable, if not in many respects surprising, as have been the improvements in this all-important subject during the century, especially since the passing of the Education Acts of 1870 and 1872, our views in regard to it still urgently require enlightenment. Our present system sadly needs broadening, deepening, and elevating, in both purpose and process, more than even most experts have yet perceived or imagined. Of men to point the way towards desirable reform, there is no one whose views should be more potential for this end than V 181642 |